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Cebuano
Etymology
Reduplication of siyam.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: si‧yam‧si‧yam
Noun
siyam-siyam
- a long time
Tagalog
Etymology
Reduplication of siyam (“nine”). The sense “monsoon rain” from days of continuous rain, ranging around nine days, used to mark the beginning of the rainy season usually by the end of the month of May.
Pronunciation
Noun
siyám-siyám (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔)
- wet spell; monsoon rain that usually lasts for more than a week
Adjective
siyám-siyám (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔)
- nine at a time
Further reading
- “siyam-siyam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018